API’s director of engineering, Paul Wolff, with input fromGalaxy Studios’ head engineer Ronald Prent, designed the Visionconsole. Each 3-pot pan section comprises mode-switchable LR/LCR“main” pan pot for the front channels, a front-to-rearfader pan and a rear-channel pan pot. Even when the front-channelpanning mode is set to the LCR mode, the L/R stereo bus is stillactive, allowing for a simultaneous stereo mix.

As with the company’s Legacy console, each of Vision’schannel strips can accommodate two classic API 200 Series modules. Ithas two fully automated, 100mm, full-throw moving faders on eachchannel that can easily be linked for stereo operation. Each of thesemoving faders (and there are two in every input) has a 5-channelpanner.

All buses are controlled by API’s Instant Reset Switch system,using sealed analog relays and are controllable from each individualchannel, as well as from the center computer or a remote laptop.Console automation is handled via the API Vision Automation System thatcontrols a total 176 moving faders.

For EQ, each channel can be outfitted with either the 550L 4-bandswitchable EQ module or the 560L graphic EQ module, a smaller footprintversion of the API 560 EQ. Additionally, the main fader path has atunable filter section similar to the 215L.